I see no need to explain myself differently. I've no cause like you to endear myself to these mortals and they cannot hope to overpower me. Except... I might call myself Devil. It seems there's no need to make a distinction here.
[ She doesn't want to admit to a weakness by calling herself a Fiend and explaining it. Surely Makima can understand.
She accepts the petting, though it is in the way a stray animal accepts such things... warily, tolerating, on their best behavior in a new environment. ]
Human fare nourishes me and there are supplies in this kitchen. I only wish it were pure blood...
Tis strange, though. The blood of the camera, it tastes unlike any I've known, and I have tasted much.
[Gears are turning in Makima's head. It seems this is a favor that comes with a price.]
If they blackmail us with pictures, I can always say that the limited supply of pure blood is why your hellish features are so diminished compared to other Devils.
[She runs her thumb over her palm thoughtfully. She'd gotten off the topic before but Power has sharp senses and can flaunt them more openly in her different role.]
Perhaps it really is a creature, one that would be impossibly large in ordinary past experience... Bioluminescence might be a better explanation than fuel transported to the ocean at great cost.
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Date: 2023-06-17 05:49 am (UTC)[ She doesn't want to admit to a weakness by calling herself a Fiend and explaining it. Surely Makima can understand.
She accepts the petting, though it is in the way a stray animal accepts such things... warily, tolerating, on their best behavior in a new environment. ]
Human fare nourishes me and there are supplies in this kitchen. I only wish it were pure blood...
Tis strange, though. The blood of the camera, it tastes unlike any I've known, and I have tasted much.
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Date: 2023-06-18 04:59 am (UTC)[Gears are turning in Makima's head. It seems this is a favor that comes with a price.]
If they blackmail us with pictures, I can always say that the limited supply of pure blood is why your hellish features are so diminished compared to other Devils.
[She runs her thumb over her palm thoughtfully. She'd gotten off the topic before but Power has sharp senses and can flaunt them more openly in her different role.]
Perhaps it really is a creature, one that would be impossibly large in ordinary past experience... Bioluminescence might be a better explanation than fuel transported to the ocean at great cost.